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Re: symbolic link



After breaking the link first and the rm works.

Thanks with regards,


On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM, lina <lina.lastname@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There was something called build/,
>
> when I tried to
>
> $ rm -r build/
> rm: cannot remove `build/': Not a directory
> $ rm build/
> rm: cannot remove `build/': Not a directory
> $ mv build/ build.old
> mv: cannot move `build/' to `build.old': Not a directory
>
> $ ls -l
> total 256
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 lina hpcusers     24 Dec 27  2009 build -> /scratch/lina/build/
>
> I don't know how to remove /build.
>
> Thanks for any advice,
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> lina
>


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